Libby Jane Conn and Joseph Benjamin Franklin, both of New Haven, Conn., announce their engagement.
The future bride is the daughter of Les Conn, Cheshire, Conn., and Mary Conn, Eudora. She is a 2000 graduate of Free State High School and earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 2004. She is a producer for Connecticut Public Radio, an NPR affiliate in Hartford.
The future groom is the son of Ray and Jane Franklin, Orlando, Fla. He is a graduate of Winter Park High School in Orlando. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 2004 and is completing a doctorate in cell biology at Yale University.
The couple plan a Nov. 7, 2009, wedding in Lawrence.